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PrintWall Street Journal (WSJ) Highlights Need for More Physical Education
A report out today from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)and the American Heart Association suggests only a slight improvement in the state of P.E. since the last such “Shape of the Nation” survey four years ago. The good news: The percentage of states requiring P.E. has increased at the elementary, junior- high and high-school levels. The bad, according to the report: “Most do not require a specific amount of instruction time, and about half allow exemptions, waivers, and/or substitutions.”